What hinders you from sharing the Gospel? Is it your past? That was already been redeemed by Jesus in the cross. Is it your status in life? Your identity is in Christ. You are a child of the most Holy God. Is it your reputation? Your already covered by the grace and light of God. Forgiven with all your sins. Is it your lack of ability to speak and confidence in yourself? Is it the thought of rejection? Whatever it is, that should not be an issue. Remember you are saved now because someone did obey to the whisper of God :"share Me to her/him." Or, God directly talked to you and call you. Whatever it is God sees you precious and so as the others. I once shared to the youth in Isabela when I preached there last year August. "The first time i dared boldy to share the Gospel was with my brother in our unit in Manila. I shared the John 3:16 and even went down to revelations where in I told him about the rapture and the second coming. There was just the two of us in the room and I was very new in my faith. I will never forget his response, he looked at me and said: "Ate(means sister) you are crazy! What got into you?" I continued but he never listen but later he did received Christ and was terrified of the end and believed that it was real. As a new believer or let say just in the transition of me surrendering to God i was rejected by my own brother. If I remain in there, I will never be where I am right now. My officemate that i was just sharing with last week thursday told me: "that is really what you do and love doing huh." I answered: Yes! I only want to share the Gospel as far and as much as I can. What motivates me is one day the rapture will come. My Jesus will come again. I will be gone, surely. I will be with Him for sure, but I don't want to look down on those who were left behind shouting on me: "Why? Why? You knew how to get there! You knew how to be saved from this torment and you never even shared with me? How selfish can you be?" Don't be just the JUST ENOUGH CHRISTIAN who only cares about his own salvation. Don't be afraid of Rejection! THEIR RESPONSE IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY! Your responsibility is to share the GOSPEL! It is not you they are rejecting but God Himself. Just do what God called you to do. Let's all together respond to the call in Matthew 28:19-20. Make it your mission to fulfill the great commission. Be reminded of these verses in 1 Corinthians 3:7-8: "7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor." In one person's life who is much important? The first one who take courage to share about Jesus but get rejected? The 7th one who shared to the same person that Jesus loves him so much but still ot rejected or the one whom we don't know which number already in the list of those people who tried to share to the same person but finally that person said: "Yes! Ok. I know! I know! You are not the first one who told me that God loves me so much and died for me. Now i want to know that God." Does it matter who sow and who finally reap? God sees, our labor is never in vain. Share the Gospel because you are loved. Share it now! |
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